Ken Farnes
Kenneth Farnes
Born: 8 July 1911, Leytonstone, Essex
Died: 20 October 1941, Chipping-Warden, Oxfordshire
Major Teams: Essex, Cambridge University, England.
Known As: Ken Farnes
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: England v Australia at Nottingham, 1st Test, 1934
Last Test: England v South Africa at Durban, 5th Test, 1938/39
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1939
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 15 17 5 58 20 4.83 0 0 1 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 3932 103 1719 60 28.65 6-96 3 1 65.5 2.62
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1930 - 1939)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 168 201 59 1182 97* 8.32 0 2 84 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 28391 14804 690 21.45 8-38 44 8 41.1 3.12
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Kenneth Farnes inherited the title of the fastest bowler in
England from Larwood. Tall (6'5"), he bowled from 11 paces, with
a superb high delivery, generating disturbing pace and lift. His
bowling in the 1936 Gentleman v Players match was described as
the fastest seen at Lord's since Kortright (he had a point to
prove after being over-looked in the selection of the Test team).
He took 5 wickets in each innings of his first Test, and
performed well on tour in Australia, enjoying the pace and bounce
of antipodean wickets. In 1938 he narrowly missed a Test
hat-trick at Lord's, when after he had dismissed O'Reilly and
McCormick, Compton dropped Fleetwood-Smith at slip off the third
ball. He was not much of a bat, but played some memorable
innings, including a classy 53 for the Gentlemen, and to his
amusement, a career best for Essex of 97*. Only 28 when the
Second World War started, he left his school-master's job at
Worksop College to join the RAF as a pilot. He was killed when
his plane went down two years later (Dave Liverman, 1998).
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